Abstract

KARLI, Arzu et al. Disseminated Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus infection in a child. Arch. argent. pediatr. [online]. 2016, vol.114, n.2, pp.2-3. ISSN 0325-0075.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5546/aap.2016.e75.

Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is an exotoxin that is produced by many strains of Staphylococcus aureus, and an important virulence factor. A PVL-positive S. aureus infection leads to rapid and severe infections of soft tissue and necrotizing pneumonia in healthy adolescents, and has a high mortality. This case report included a 12-year-old male patient who admitted for fever, respiratory distress and hip pain and was identified with necrotizing pneumonia with septic pulmonary embolism, psoas abscess, cellulitis and osteomyelitis. The PVL positive methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) was isolated in the patient blood culture.

Keywords : Staphylococcus aureus; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; Necrotizing pneumonia; Sepsis.

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